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Today's Terms
Assault
Definition:
A willful attempt to illegally inflict injury on or threaten a person.
Pardon
Definition:
Action by an official of an executive branch of government relieving a criminal from a conviction.
Peremptory challenge
Definition:
Each party to a suit tried to a jury has the right to peremptorily "challenge" (reject) a certain number of prospective jurors without giving a reason. By contrast, the parties have unlimited rights to challenge jurors for good cause, but the judge must approve "for cause challenges." Parties may not exercise peremptory challenges on the basis of race or gender.
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